Roger McClure
Attorney at Law

Roger McClure has been successfully working with individuals and family businesses owners for over forty years. He helps families prosper for the long term and is a trusted family asset for several second generations. He helps to protect the assets of families over several generations though asset protection, estate and income tax reduction, structuring business succession arrangements to preserve wealth, stabilize income and maintain a foundation for the realization of a lifetime of achievements.   

He uses combinations of limited liability companies, trusts, corporations, partnerships and charitable planning for asset protection, estate and income tax reduction, and to successfully transfer real estate and businesses from generation to generation. He will use the latest legal tools to benefit and protect your wealth and family goals. Having successfully represented business owners in IRS tax audits, he knows what works and does not in tax planning. 

He began his legal career involving trade regulation cases and the largest corporations in America at the Federal Trade Commission. He continued his career growth by litigating and negotiating large utility regulatory cases at the Federal Energy Regulation Commission and learned how complex corporate structures are used for the benefit of planners. 

He expanded his expertise and hands on experience in real estate by the ownership and operation of commercial and residential properties and was recognized by his peers as President of the Northern Virginia Apartment Association. For over three years, he was a paid radio talk show host on real estate at a major station in the Washington DC area. He published articles in local papers and top national legal publications on real estate and taxation.  In the field of business and tax planning, he has conducted over 30 webinars broadcast nationally to educate other lawyers in business structures and planning promoted by the largest and most prestigious providers of continuing legal education in the US.

Recognized by his peers as the top in expertise and ethics for decades, he served as President of the Northern Virginia Estate Planning Council. He is a member of Wealth Counsel, the largest association of advanced estate planning attorneys in the United States, with members in every state, serving as a resource for Roger’s clients.   

He gained knowledge and expertise in the workings of government by serving as a legislator for ten years in the Virginia legislature. He won five elections in a row until he voluntarily decided to complete his time as a citizen legislator. He was the author of major legislation for transportation planning and protections of families. He served as co-chairman of the public safety committee and chair of the civil law subcommittee of the House judiciary committee.  

Roger McClure holds a Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, from the Ohio State University Law School where he was President of his class and a member of the Law Review. He holds a master’s degree in Political Science from Northwestern University and a BA in International Studies from the Ohio State University, where he graduated as a Member of the Mershon Honorary Military Society and Cadet Colonel. He received a Bronze Star for service in Vietnam as a First Lieutenant at MACV Headquarters in Strategic Intelligence Research and Analysis.  

He attends Holy Rosary Church, a national church for Italians where he sings in the choir in English, Italian and Latin and has published articles in Italian. His hobby is preparing regional Italian cuisine for family and friends.  

Many of his clients are scientists, engineers, doctors, lawyers and successful entrepreneurs as they all appreciate his careful attention to detail and the effectiveness of his planning structures.